assistance and favour-for which he hopes never to be found ungrateful. It would give him real pleasure to mention the names of certain individuals, to whom he holds himself particularly indebted. But he is not authorized to do this; and till he is, he will not hazard a trespass on the feelings of others, for the gratification of his own.

Several improvements, which it is believed would add considerable value to the contents of this Miscellany, have been in contemplation. Some of them, it is hoped, will appear in the next volume. But the editor is of the mind that it is better to exhibit improvements made, than to pourtray them in promise.

The completion of a volume of his work, and the close of the year, ought forcibly to admonish the editor, and may not unaptly remind all his readers, that every present engagement, and life itself, is hastening to a close. Then, let us remember, the solemn inquest, involving the destinies of eternity, will be made, how we have passed our probationary existence; how every year, and day, and hour of time has been employed; by what motives we have been actuated in all we have done; whether, in the course of life, we have been supremely influenced by a regard to the glory of God, and to our own best interest and that of our fellow men; whether we have lived for eternity more than for time; whether we have been laying up treasure in heaven, or only on the earth. These inquiries, therefore, should command our most serious attention, while investigation may be salutary. Seriously pursued, the inquiries cannot fail to bring home the conviction to every conscience, that transgression and neglect have left us no hope of an acquittal by our final Judge, but from a personal interest, secured by unfeigned faith, in the atoning merits and prevalent intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ. To him, therefore, let the eye of faith be constantly directed; from him, as the inexhaustible source of all spiritual supplies, let grace and aid be earnestly sought, to perform with increasing activity and effect every incumbent duty; that at length-justified by his righteousness, sanctified by his Spirit, and formed into his likeness--we may be admitted to the rest and the reward “which remain for the people of God.”

INDEX TO VOLUME IV.

A.

Chlorine an antiseptic, 375.
Alexander on the Canon, 420.

Canal, Pacific, &c., 420.
Arabs in Spain, 89.

Calcutta School Society, 469.
Americans, Longevity of, 90.

Cotton Tree Seed, 513.
Africa, 94. 184.

Christian Advice from a Mother to a
Atonement, on the, 99. 147. 198. 244. 294. Daughter, 541.
340. 388. 438. 483, 531.

Cenotaph to the Memory of Summerfield,
Automaton Chess-player, 133.

561.
American Soldiery, 138.

Ceylon, 567.
Assembly's Digest, Notice of, 139.
Apartments, how to light, 179.

D.
Anecdote, 218.

Deaf and Dumb, 133. 213. 229.
Astronomy, 231.

Dies Iræ, Translated, 222.
Antediluvian Age, 203.

Death of Rev. P. Fisk, 235.
Ambergris, 326.

Douglass on Religion, &c., reviewed, 269.
Alligators, 327.

Diana, Temple of, 275.
Alexander I., Memoirs of, reviewed, 368.

Desert shall blossom, 318.
A Plea for the West, 536.

Death of Missionary, 487.

Distress, Spiritual, Case of, 494.
B.
Bombay, 40.

E.
Bristol, 44.
Bogue, Dr., Death of, 44. 92.

Expedition across the Rocky Mountains,

36.
Bengal Schools, 90.
Buenos Ayres, 94.

Emigrants to Canada, 134.
Bush's Sermon reviewed, 174,

Exposition of Rom. viii. 19.-23. 203.
Britain, 185.

a common saying, 217.
Blatchford's Sermon regiewed, 223.

Expedition, Arctic, 275.512.
Boston Schools, 276.

Expeditious Travelling, 270.
Burmese Witnesses, 469.

Emigrants, 327.
Bhurtpore Treasure, 512.

Earthquake at Richmond, 420.
Babe of Bethlehem, 536.

Egyptians in France, 468.

Education Societies, 563.
C.

F.
Christian Duty of Christian Women, 1.
Christ's Reproof and Call to his Disciples, False Honour, Man of, 209.
17.

Forest, Submarine, 231.
Children taught in France, 36.

Fish, Sword, 275.
Canal at Isthmus of Florida, 36.

Fund, Connecticut School, 276.
College ir Ceylon, 44.

Fraser's Travels in Persia, 468.
Christmas Hymn, 59.
Christian Course retarded, 301.

G
Copperas in Vermont, 90.

Guatemala, 90.
Cotton, Egyptian, 132.

Grasshoppers, Winter, 134.
Convention, Missionary,

181.

Gas from Cotton Seeds, 178.
Comets in 1825, 229.

General Assembly's Meeting, 236.
Cruelty to Animals, 230.

Gurney's Essays reviewed, 318.
Coverdale, Life of, 250.

Grist Mills, Family, 327.
Cornelius' Sermons reviewed, 274. General Assembly, Minutes of, 376. 420.
Comets, 321.

474. 515.
Chinese College, 327.

Gretna Green Marriages, 468.
Copper Sheathing for Ships, 374

Granville Sharp's Bust, 512.
VOL. IV.Ch. Adv.

4 D

Glaciers of the Alps, 560.

0.
Gift of 120,000 Peasants, 562.

Owen, R., remarks on his Address, 29. 72.
H

Observatory at Washington, 178.
Hint to Publishers of Books, 71.

Origin of Coal, 326.
Health, Secrets of, 90.

Obituary Notice, 381.
Hymn by Doddridge, 107.

Oil as Manure, 420.
Horne's Introduction reviewed, 126. Obituary of Rev. W. J. Wilson, 429,
Hymn to my Infant, 442.

Original Portrait of Milton, 512.
Hall's Legacy to American Churches, 470.

P.
Hymn, 488.

Public Affairs, 45. 95. 140. 188. 236. 286.
Harvey Islands, 570.

333. 381. 429. 477. 525. 573.

Psalmody, 60.
1-J.

Potato, productiveness of, 90.
India, 40.91.

Paint, 90.
Invention, Important, 89.

how to prepare, 561,
Iron pierced by Sulphur, 89.

Population in South America, 230.
Island, New, 275.

Philosophical Questions, 230.
Juice of Lemon, 275,

Powers, Mechanical, 231.
Jaudon, Daniel, Memoir of, 405,

Philosopher, Christian, 327,
Indian Penance, 469.

Pompeii, 374.
Junction of the Rhine, &c., 512.

Porcelain, American, 374.
K.

Patriotism not Piety, 400.
Knox's Monument, 35.

Prophecy verified, 449.
Kenn's Midnight Hymn, 348.

Paragreles, 469.
L.

Paper from the Bark of Poplar, &c. 561.
Letters from a Mother to a Daughter, 18.

Q.
64 107. 154. 261. 308.

Questions relative to Slavery, 30. 258.
Letter from the Stated Clerk of the As- || Quills, new, 327.
sembly, 28.

R.
Languages of India, 37.

Review of Discussion of Universalism, 32.
Liberia, 41.

Russia, 39.
Lectures on the Catechism, 49. 145. 193. Review of Milton on Christian Doctrine,
241. 289. 337. 385. 433. 481.529.

84. 129.
Letters from an aged Minister to his Son,

Horne's Introduction, 126.
53.

M'Dowell's Theology, 169.
Languages of the New World, 230.

Bush's Sermon, 174.
Lewes' Presbytery, Minute of, 304.

Miller's Letter, 177.
Literature, Pursuits of, 327.

Religious Poetry, 227.
Locusts, 468.

Douglass on Religion, &c., 264.
Laing's Letters, 513.

Cornelius's Sermon, 274.
Larguage, Ancient, 512.

Gurney's Essays, 318.
Longevity, 561.

Lord's Life of Alexander I., 368.
Lethargy, 561.

White on Catholicism, 507, 553.

Controversial Tracts on Chris-

tianity andeMohamedanism, 415. 435.
Miracles, 36.

Report of Missionary Society, 134.
Mechanics' Institutes, 90.

Report of British and foreign Bible Socie-
Massachusetts, 90.
Missions in the World, 91.

Report, Fourteenth Annual, of Theologi-
Miller's Letter reviewed, 177.

cal Seminary, 221.
MDowell's Theology reviewed, 169. Railway, 326.
Marine Railway, 178.

Rose, Habits of the, 396.
Microscope, large, 179.

Review of Blatchford's Sermon, 223.
Missionary Society of Pennsylvania, 179. Revivals of Religion, 564.
Mustard Tree of the Bible, 229.

S.
Meridian, General, 374.

Stewart's Private Journal, 31. 77. 121. 165.
Mammoth, 420.

219. 264. 310. 361. 410, 452. 500. 542.
Map of New England, 420.

Sugar Manufactory at Otaheite, 36.
Marble Statue of Cicero, 512.

Sandwich Islands, 37. 182.
Memoir of Mrs. Leah W. Morris, 549. State of the Jews, 38.
Missions, 564.

State of Religion, 93. 277.
N.
New Year, Voice of, 15.

Slavery Society of Maryland, 93,

Spectacles, new, 134.
North-west Coast, 37.

Syrian Metropolite, 229.
North Carolina settled, 90.

Suicides in London, 275.
Newspapers in India, 512.

Salt in Alabama, 275.
New South Wales, 512.

Stewart, Rev. C., Letter from, 328
Newspapers in United States, 513.
Narrative of State of Religion, 513

Spirituality of God, 349,
Steam Ship, large, 374.

M.

ty, 231.

U.

Sm." Pox, 375.
Steam Roiler, new, 419, 420.

Universalism, Discussion of, 32.
Silver in Pennsylvania, 420.

Ultra Ganges, 183.
Song of the Angels, 536.

Ukase, Russian, 332.
Spiritual Mnemonics, 538.

V.
Seaman's Correct Calculator, 561.

Voice of the New Year, 15.
Surgical Operation at the Hotel Dieu, 561. Variolous Eruption, 90.
Southern America, 562.

Voyage of Discovery, 133.
Sandwich Islands, 565.
T.

W.
Travels in Europe, by a Clergyman, 21. World, Inhabitants of, 36.
68. 111, 158. 254. 353. 443. 488.

Weather, 36.
Transatlantic Recollections, 24. 117. 162. Weights and Measures, British, 133.
358. 402.

Webster's Dictionary, 178.
Treasurer's Receipts of Theological Semi- Whale caught, 179.